Will boiling water destroy the nutrition of milk powder? Is it okay to boil water to mix milk powder?

For new mothers who have just given birth, they lack experience in raising babies, so they need to learn a lot of things little by little. Making milk powder is an essential part of babies' daily diet. We need to consider the baby's feelings and the retention of nutrients in milk powder. So, will making milk powder with boiling water destroy the nutrition?

Will boiling water destroy the nutrition of milk powder?

Using boiling water to mix milk powder will damage the nutrition in the milk powder. The water temperature for mixing milk powder is particular. The wrong water temperature will directly affect the nutrition of the milk powder. However, if the water temperature is too high, it is easy to damage unstable vitamins, immune active substances, etc., which greatly reduces the nutrition. Generally speaking, it is better to use warm water of 40 to 60 degrees Celsius to mix milk powder, which is conducive to the dissolution of milk powder and also helps to ensure that the nutrition in milk powder is not destroyed.

Many parents usually use boiling water to prepare milk powder for their children, and then feed it to their children after the milk powder cools down. Experts say that this way of preparing milk powder will destroy the folic acid in the milk powder by high temperature, so that the child cannot absorb it. In the long run, the child is prone to folic acid deficiency, causing megaloblastic anemia, which can cause a significant decrease in blood cells, low immune function, secondary serious infection, and easily cause pneumonia, oral ulcers and other symptoms. Therefore, the problem of using boiling water to prepare milk powder must not be ignored and must be corrected in time.

The correct way to make milk powder

1. Cleaning utensils

Disinfect everything you need first and dry them for later use.

2. Brew with warm water

Remember: You must use warm water to make milk powder. If it is boiling water, cool it down before using it. You can also mix 1/3 of cold boiled water with 2/3 of hot boiled water. Use the skin on the inside of your wrist to measure the temperature. It should feel warm but not hot. When making milk powder, you must pour the water first and then the milk powder. This way the ratio is more accurate and it will not be too thick or too thin.

3. Dissolve in milk powder

Always measure the powder according to the instructions. In any case, it should be a natural level spoon! Put the correct number of level spoons of powder into the bottle, cover it tightly and shake it gently.

Remember: do not shake it up and down, but shake it left and right at a constant speed, which will help speed up the dissolution and prevent bubbles from forming. In addition, do not change the proportion of milk powder at will. The idea that "making it thicker will make the baby taller" is wrong! Doing so will make the child's gastrointestinal digestion capacity difficult to bear and the kidney excretion capacity difficult to bear, causing many problems.

4. Check temperature and flow rate

Turn the bottle upside down, place it on the inside of your hand and drip a drop. Only give it to your baby after making sure it is at the appropriate temperature.

This water can't be used to make milk powder

In addition to the fact that freshly boiled water cannot be used directly to make milk powder, the following water cannot be used:

1. Long-standing water

Do not use water that has been in a thermos for more than 12 hours to prepare milk powder.

2. Mineral water

Mineral water contains many minerals, which can put a burden on the baby's kidneys and is not suitable for making milk powder.

3. Repeatedly boil water

Water that has been boiled repeatedly or repeatedly has higher concentrations of nitrates and nitrites, which are not good for your baby's health.

4. Treated water

Water that has been treated with a hard water softener has had calcium, magnesium and other ions removed, and may contain excessive sodium, making it unsuitable for making milk powder.

Note: It is correct to use warm water to brew milk powder! In addition, when brewing milk powder, do not add other foods at will, such as honey, juice, rice noodles, medicine, rice soup, etc. Parents must pay attention not to add anything else to the baby's milk powder just to be lazy, and do not brew milk powder at will to take shortcuts. After all, this is the child's ration. Such a wrong way of brewing milk powder will harm the baby's health in minutes.